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Osiris (, from Egyptian wsjr) was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first to be associated with the mummy wrap. When his brother Set cut him to pieces after killing him, with her sister Nephthys, Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, searched Egypt to find each part of Osiris. She collected all but one – Osiris's genitalia. She then wrap
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Osiris was one of ancient Egypt's most important gods, associated with fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, and resurrection, typically shown wearing a distinctive crown and holding a crook and flail. He matters historically because he was central to Egyptian religious beliefs about death and the afterlife, and his mythology—including the famous story of his death and restoration by his wife Isis—profoundly influenced how ancient Egyptians understood life, death, and rebirth.
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Key facts
- Deity.name
- Osiris
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.image
- Standing Osiris.svg
- Deity.alt
- Standing Osiris
- Deity.caption
- Osiris, lord of the dead and of rebirth. His green skin symbolizes regeneration, vegetation and fertility.
- Deity.hiero
- Q1:D4-A40
- Deity.cult_center
- Busiris, Abydos
- Deity.symbol
- Crook and flail, Atef crown, ostrich feathers, fish, mummy gauze, djed
- Deity.parents
- Geb and NutIpy
- Deity.siblings
- Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
- Deity.consort
- Isis
- Deity.offspring
- Horus the Younger, Anubis